Lobbyists for the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the AARP, and the insurance companies all endorsed Obamacare.

You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn't be considered. But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. That's pretty much as much of reason…

I am pleased to support Noel Francisco to serve as the next Solicitor General. Mr. Francisco comes to us with impressive credentials. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and clerked for Judge Luttig on the Fourth Circuit…

as part of a pro-growth tax reform, there has been considerable debate over what is more important, lower rates or expensing.

I hope you could be in a strong position to express to them that we need to fight that very, very hard.

I thank Senator Klobuchar for bringing up the issue of biofuels, and I would just associate myself with her remarks.

I am sure you all know the importance of E15 because we have reached the point where with E10 we do not have enough petroleum.

Thanks to both of you.

we see expensing as the most powerful policy change that you can make to improve economic growth.

I come to the floor today to question the plan for auditing the Department of Defense. The new Chief Financial Officer, Mr. David Norquist, presented a plan to the Armed Services Committee on May 9. It appears flawed, like a lot of other…

the IRS has never been, and likely will never be, an agency anyone is glad to hear from. However, American taxpayers should at least have confidence that they will receive a fair shake from the agency. Without this, our system of taxation…

I think I have a fairly easy question for Dr. Schwartz, but before I do that, I want to say that we have this program that is a CHIP program for my State of Iowa.

The goal of this legislation is to ensure that sick kids have access to the very best care.

today I am pleased to support the nomination of Tim Kelly to be a judge on the DC district court. Tim serves as my chief counsel for national security, senior crime counsel, and majority staff director for the Caucus on International…

Since the 1986 amendments, the taxpayers have recovered more than $53 billion of public money lost to fraud.

In 1986, I coauthored amendments to the Lincoln-era False Claims Act that empowered whistleblowers to help the government identify and prosecute fraud on taxpayers.

Thirty-three billion of that came from the health-care sector.

The False Claims Act is the most effective antifraud tool that we have.

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (S. 860), as amended, was passed, as…

I ask unanimous consent that the Grassley amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 741) was…

I am pleased to support the nomination of Christopher Wray to be Director of the FBI. Mr. Wray possesses the skill, the character, and the unwavering commitment to impartial enforcement of the law we need in an FBI Director. Based on the…

I rise to speak about the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act. I will make some short comments, and then I would like to defer to Senator Whitehouse, and then I would propound a unanimous consent request. I…

once again, thanks to Senator Whitehouse for his cooperation and working so hard over the course of the last two Congresses to get this done. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of…

I thank the Senator from California for her fine remarks on Mr. Wray. I am here for the same reason she is, and I thank her for also facilitating getting this through the committee in a very quick way. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Garcia-Diaz, for GAO doing some studies I have asked you to do.